Club

P1868

From: Australia | Northern Australia (uncertain) | Central Australia

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Native Name Nulla Nulla
Object Number P1868
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Australia | Northern Australia (uncertain) | Central Australia
Locus South Australia [Historic Attribute]
Period Late Colonial Australia Period
Date Made 1850-1900 CE
Section Oceanian
Materials Wood | Pigment
Description

A curved wooden club that has no distinctive clubhead. A piece of carved wood with two dull points and thick stripes of black on three quarters of the length of the club. On the part that is unstriped, there are small incisions in the wood.

“When two [women] have quarreled, they take this stick to settle the

matter. One bends her head and the other gives her a blow, the stick is then handed on

to the other who returns the blow on the first woman’s bend head. This is repeated until

one is stunned, the unconscious one is tended by the conqueror, peace is established

and everything is forgotten and forgiven.” (Collector’s Object List).

Length 102 cm
Outside Diameter 4 cm
Credit Line Gift of J. T. Huston, 1907
Other Number 17 - Other Number

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